Trousers



(No Model.)

E. CLARK. TROUSERS; &c.

No. 465,319. Patented Dec. 15,1891,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMERSON CLARK, OF JENNY LIND, ARKANSAS.

TROUSERS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,319, dated December15, 1891.

Application filed May 9, 1891. Serial mseaisz. (No model.)

and useful Improvements in Trousers, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing bad to the accompauying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in trousers, &c.; and it consistsin the novel arrangement andcombination of parts, as will be morefullydescribed hereinafter, and designated in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front perspective View of my completeinvention, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross-section taken on line m x ofFig. 1. I The object of my invention is to construct trousers for theuse of laboring men, especially miners, and provide the same adjacent tothe fly-piece and crotch with an elastic gore, so that the trousers willnot tear or rip from the strain occasioned by the diiferent posturesassumed by the wearer in the progress of his work.

It is well known that especially in mining the trousers worn by theminer frequently become ripped in the seat or crotch and ad j acent tothe fly-piece, and the object of my invention is to entirely overcomethis'evil effect.

Having given these preliminary statements as to the object of my.invention, I will now proceed to describe the same in detail.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates trousers-legs, which are of theordinary construction.

2 indicates the fly-piecc, and 3 the crotchseam.

The portion of the leg adjacent to the flypiece is cut away, as can bereadily perceived in the drawings, and in lieu of said cut-away portionI stitch or secure in any suitable way an elastic gore 4:. One side ofsaid elastic goreis stitched or secured to the fly-piece, and the'otherside of the same is likewise secured to the leg and seat of the trousersat the edge of the opening, as shown. Said elastic gore issecured ashereinbefore stated, and extends backward about half-way of thecrotch-seam a. By this construction the trousers, or rather that portionthereof adjacent to the fly-piece and the crotch-seam, is free to give,no matter what position the wearer assumes.

Particular emphasis is laid upon the fact that the elastic materialextends up parallel with the fly-piece, enabling the wearer to assumemany positions with ease and comfort,-

which could not be assumed otherwise.

It will be observed that the upper end of the opening covered by thegore is unilaterally rounded, so as to converge in a point at 5, thusreducing the width of that part of the opening. The purpose of thisformation is to limit the degree of elasticity of the elastic materialcovering the upper end of the open- The gore which I make use of in myinvention is preferably made up of a combination of rubber strands andcotton threads, there being a series of parallel rubber strandsextending in a direction transverse to the fiy-piece of the garment, anda series of cotton threads which are of smaller size than the rubberstrands interwoven with said rubber strands in a direction parallel withsaid fiy-piece, which permits elasticity of the gore in one directiononly; but this is not an essential the opening, the upper end of thepiece of elastic material where it covers the reduced portion of theopening serving to limit the degree of.elasticity at that point,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affizt my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EMERSON CLARK.

WVitnesses:

GEO. J. REUTER, O. E. PETTY.

